烟草在线据斐济时报报道编译　　在太平洋群岛，有很大比例的死亡是与非传染性疾病引起的疾病有关。如果斐济当局支持太平洋群岛卷烟提税举措的话，预计卷烟价格将会上涨。

　　这次的提税提案得到了世界卫生组织的支持，其目的是阻止吸烟，并将提税获得的额外税收用于公共卫生系统。

　　在斐济，每三名成人中就有一人有因非传染性疾病引起的心脏病、癌症和慢性呼吸系统疾病而早亡的危险。

　　世界卫生组织负责非传染性疾病预防的干事道格拉斯·贝特切尔说，提高太平洋群岛的卷烟税，以减少因非传染性疾病造成的死亡。

　　贝特切尔博士说：“这对太平洋群岛确实非常重要，因为这里存在着非传染性疾病危机——由吸烟、使用烟草、肥胖、缺乏体育活动和有害使用酒精引起的心脏病、癌症、慢性呼吸系统疾病等。”

　　“非传染性疾病已经取代了传染性疾病，成为当今世界上最大的杀手。”

　　“全球的全部死亡病例中，有63%是因非传染性疾病造成，而这些死亡病例中，超过80%是发生在像太平洋群岛这样的发展中国家，而在这些发展中国家的死亡病例中，每年有3600万是死于非传染性疾病，而这些人中，大约有1400万属于早亡，这意味着人们在不到70岁的年龄就去世了。”

　　贝特切尔博士说，在全球的发展趋势的背景下看，太平洋群岛的统计数据让人震惊。

　　他说：“全球的非传染性疾病造成的平均死亡率为20%，而且很多高收入国家更是低至10%。但在太平洋群岛，这个非传染新疾病死亡危机已经达到了流行比例。”

　　“在像马绍尔群岛这样的国家，非传染性疾病造成死亡的风险是60%，而在斐济，非传染性疾病造成的死亡比例是30%。这意味着每十个成年人中就有3人因非传染性疾病而早亡的风险非常高。”

　　贝特切尔博士在于4月29日开始，在Tanoa国际宾馆举办的一次大会上发表了讲话。

Fiji: Smoke Price to Rise

　　EXPECT a hike in the price of cigarettes if local authorities support moves to increase taxation on cigarettes in Pacific Islands, where a high percentage of deaths are related to diseases caused by non communicable diseases (NCDs).

　　The proposed increase in tax, which is supported by the World Health Organization, is aimed at discouraging smoking, and using the additional tax revenue on public health systems.

　　One in every three adults in Fiji is at risk of premature death from heart disease, cancer and chronic respiratory diseases caused by NCDs.

　　And WHO director for the prevention of NCD Douglas Bettcher said increasing taxation on cigarettes in Pacific Islands could reduce deaths from NCDs.

　　"This is really important for the Pacific because there is a crisis in NCDs — heart diseases, cancer and chronic respiratory diseases which are caused by smoking, tobacco use, obesity, lack of physical activity and harmful use of alcohol," Dr Bettcher said.

　　"NCDs are the biggest killers in the world today, they've taken over from communicable diseases.

　　"Of the 63 per cent of all deaths in the world due to NCDs, over 80 per cent of those deaths are in developing countries like the Pacific Islands and of these, 36 million deaths from NCDs every year, about 14 million of those are premature, meaning people dying under the age of 70."

　　Dr Bettcher said when viewed in the context of global trends, the statistics in the Pacific were alarming.

　　"The world average is 20 per cent and many high income countries are achieving 10 per cent. In the Pacific, the crisis has reached epidemic proportions.

　　"In countries like the Marshall Islands, the risk is 60 per cent and in Fiji, the rate is 30 per cent. This means that three in every 10 adults have a very high risk of prematurely dying from a NCD."

　　Dr Bettcher was speaking at a conference held at the Tanoa International Hotel which began on Monday. Enditem